Agency Takes Aim at Unattended Trains With Hazardous Materials Such as Crude Oil

The Federal Railroad Administration issued an emergency order on Friday outlining a detailed set of safety directives to railroads, including prohibiting them from leaving crude-oil trains unattended without first getting a green light from the government.

The order came in the wake an accident last month, when a runaway train derailed and exploded, devastating a small Quebec town and killing 47 people. The train had been unattended...